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[Q] How can I make Kies sync contact pictures from Outlook

I have searched on Google and on xda forum about this and only found old thread with no resolution and there is so little person who asks the question that maybe it's not a problem everyone have.
I have Outlook 2010 x64 on a win 7 x64 PC. Kies installed and updated and my contacts sync wonderfully except for the contact pictures. So in my outlook I have all my contact database and a picture affiliated. Unfortunatly they aren't pushed to my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Vibrant via Kies.
There is a workaround which require to sync contact to gmail and after sync my phone with gmail, but that ain't no solution for me for many reasons. For now I just handle my contact with no pics, but if someone may had a solution to this, it would be nice.

Good question.

Listy821 said:
Good question.
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One more.
It seems that are no solutions around (or, at least, I wasn't able to find).

very easy, i've made a how to in the past about this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8201021
sync everything to Gmail
then have your phone sync to Gmail
and you will get everything that you have in Outlook on Gmail to your phone
lucian.jp said:
I have searched on Google and on xda forum about this and only found old thread with no resolution and there is so little person who asks the question that maybe it's not a problem everyone have.
I have Outlook 2010 x64 on a win 7 x64 PC. Kies installed and updated and my contacts sync wonderfully except for the contact pictures. So in my outlook I have all my contact database and a picture affiliated. Unfortunatly they aren't pushed to my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Vibrant via Kies.
There is a workaround which require to sync contact to gmail and after sync my phone with gmail, but that ain't no solution for me for many reasons. For now I just handle my contact with no pics, but if someone may had a solution to this, it would be nice.
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OP just wants to be difficult and not sync with gmail. Meh whatever

[Q] HTC HD7 Outlook synchronization not possible

HTC HD7 with WM7 - there is no provision to synchronise with microsoft outlook using Activesync or Windows Mobile Device Centre.
Alternate way of using Exchange Activesync does look complicated
Please address the issue

This has been Answered
There are some workarounds & a 3rd party app, the solutions have been posted and can be easily found with a simple search (here is a hint, CompanionLink for outlook, Windows Live Connector, Gmail Sync). This is a very hot issue and I suspect there will be more solutions forthcomming
Cheers
BR

namasivayam said:
HTC HD7 with WM7 - there is no provision to synchronise with microsoft outlook using Activesync or Windows Mobile Device Centre.
Alternate way of using Exchange Activesync does look complicated
Please address the issue
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I got these answers when I posted on social.answers.Microsoft.com
2 Easy Ways to Sync Outlook with HTC HD7
http://www.pubarticles.com/article-2-easy-ways-to-sync-outlook-with-htc-hd7-1289546168.html
Sync Windows Phone 7 with Outlook
http://www.companionlink.com/windowsphone/outlook/
I recommend posting or looking for WP7 related questions there as they've got a lot of MS employees that answer questions.

My Milage
I tried the Hotmail connector, I had some issues, it seemed to have problems dealing with more than 250 contacts. I am using the Demo version of CompanionLink and syncing to my gmail acct and that is working very nicely.
cheers
BR

I followed method two from the two ways to sync and worked just fine. I kind of like getting away from Outlook anyway. Hotmail/Windows Live is great since it can used through any computer contected to the internet to update contacts, phone numbers, etc. But I could see if this is an issue if you primarily use Outlook.
2 Easy Ways to Sync Outlook with HTC HD7
http://www.pubarticles.com/article-2...289546168.html

The problem I have is my company isn't running Exchange so for me to get my calendar and contacts I need a way to sync with Outlook.
I've tried Hotmail Connector and it works well for a one time sync but if you have a lot of changes to your calendar I have to make the changes in Outlook and Hotmail.
I refuse to pay $40 for something that should work out of the box.

PaullikesWINMO said:
I followed method two from the two ways to sync and worked just fine. I kind of like getting away from Outlook anyway. Hotmail/Windows Live is great since it can used through any computer contected to the internet to update contacts, phone numbers, etc. But I could see if this is an issue if you primarily use Outlook.
2 Easy Ways to Sync Outlook with HTC HD7
http://www.pubarticles.com/article-2...289546168.html
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Yup. Had all my Outlook contact on my phone the sec I imported the file into Windows Live. I was surprised at how fast everthing setup. I am really like the WP7.

hi all, I'm a new user HD7 ( four hour ago) I syncro with Outlook connector without problems 800 contacts and appointments...
thanks for your help

alabij said:
I got these answers when I posted on social.answers.Microsoft.com
2 Easy Ways to Sync Outlook with HTC HD7
http://www.pubarticles.com/article-2-easy-ways-to-sync-outlook-with-htc-hd7-1289546168.html
Sync Windows Phone 7 with Outlook
http://www.companionlink.com/windowsphone/outlook/
I recommend posting or looking for WP7 related questions there as they've got a lot of MS employees that answer questions.
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Unfortunately, both are cloud solutions, which are unacceptable to me for both security and privacy.
If the WM7 device were seen as an external storage device (apparently doable via the registry), does anyone know whether this could faciliate a direct USB sync with Outlook 2010 32-bit?

Both solutions are OK for a one off copy of Calender & Contacts but do not perform a true contniuous Sync with Outlook and do not handle TASKS

MarkAtHome said:
Unfortunately, both are cloud solutions, which are unacceptable to me for both security and privacy.
If the WM7 device were seen as an external storage device (apparently doable via the registry), does anyone know whether this could faciliate a direct USB sync with Outlook 2010 32-bit?
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if you are not ready to play with the cloud, I don't think wp7 is for you. They seem very serious about making the cloud an integral part of the OS going forward.

nrfitchett4 said:
if you are not ready to play with the cloud, I don't think wp7 is for you. They seem very serious about making the cloud an integral part of the OS going forward.
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If you can explain how I get my outlook onto the cloud well you have me.

Is there no place like WinMo6.5x like "Microsoft My Phone" ?
with an live.xx ID
Wolf

wolfwolf said:
Is there no place like WinMo6.5x like "Microsoft My Phone" ?
with an live.xx ID
Wolf
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no microsoft myphone. All syncing goes through your live email address (like hotmail). For me, I had all my contact info on gmail because of playing on android with my hd2.
1. Logged into hotmail
2. clicked on import contacts under the contacts view
3. Clicked on gmail and followed the instructions
Took about 10 minutes.
For outlook I'm pretty sure you can do something similar, though I think you might need outlook connector from the marketplace to bridge it over from outlook to hotmail. You will only have to do this once, but then I guess your outlook will not be a syncable acct on you phone.
Just looked on my hotmail and it says to export your outlook contacts to a file that you can then upload to hotmail.

I'm a Windows Mobile User for 2 years now (SE Xperia X1) and loved the way I can sync it with outlook.
I have all my contacts (approx 500) in outlook and also use the calendar (+5000 items)
I've spent some time in the past to get the info on my contacts straight and I'm very disappointed about the lack of synchronisation options between WP7 and outlook.
Why does everything needs to be cloud-based.
I don't sync every day, but neither use outlook on everyday basis.
I never experienced syncing problems on either calender/notes/contacts or mail.
I have read something about features that will be added in the near future into WP7 and hope that local outlook synchronisation is one of them.

Hi guys,
I`m new to WM7 and i`m trying t sync my contacts as well. I don`t use Outlook and idon`t have an account.Is there any other way to get my contacts on te phone?
Thanks

So the windows 7 software allows syncing to google calender, email and contacts?

I'm stunned that there is no native support for Outlook synchronization with Exchange - this is old school and what I consider a core component of any smartphone I purchase.
I've just bought a HD7 assuming it would have this functionality (why would I check for this on a Windows phone, next I'll need to check the thing makes calls), guess I'm going to have to sell it on.
There maybe Third party solutions but I can't imagine they're ever going to work as well as a direct sync with the Exchange server in my office, giving Contacts, Tasks, Calendar Items, etc.
Absolutely gutted.
B

Of course there's native support.
If you have an exchange server, you have ZERO to worry about.
The issue is people who use Outlook for Pop and Imap. Or people who just use it for tasks and contacts. Without a Hotmail Connector, there is no way to interface with Outlook like the old school Active Sync did.
Again though, If you have Exchange, it works exactly like it does on any other platform, if not better. The only thing lacking right now is Tasks.

Jimbonics,
I could kiss you. My wife wouldn't like it (and neither would you most likely, I'm stubbly)
I've been reading phone forums, reviews and specs for what seems like months trying to choose the right phone (offline voice command via bluetooth is essential for me but Android doesn't do it and other devices have flaky support) so I skim read this thread: my bad.
Thanks for making my day.
B

[Q] Any updates on Outlook Sync?

Running fresh install 2.2 on captivate - I've spent the last several hours trying to find a way to sync the captivate with outlook... and nothing is coming up as a reliable & cheap way. I would have never thought that a modern(ish) phone would have issues syncing with outlook. Never had a problem from the old 8125 up to iphone 3gs... but thought I would check with y'all to see if anything less than $50 has come up that would do the trick. I've tried Kies/MyPhoneExplorer(didn't see outlook calendar data except holidays and recurring events). I don't want to mess with google calendars and I live by the calendars for scheduling business! Any recent developments I should look in to?

Android and Outlook have generally never been close friends. There are a few paid apps you can find that do a very good job of keeping your information in sync.
If your business uses exchange you can set up your exchange account in the e-mail app on your phone and it will allow you to sync you mail, calendar and contacts.

Boumbles said:
Android and Outlook have generally never been close friends. There are a few paid apps you can find that do a very good job of keeping your information in sync.
If your business uses exchange you can set up your exchange account in the e-mail app on your phone and it will allow you to sync you mail, calendar and contacts.
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Unfortunately my work is my business of me, myself, and I - so I haven't popped for an exchange server, but the frustration is almost close enough to just look into getting one done - and I've had a hard time finding an ap that syncs outlook and respective contact fields properly with the phone. I understand it's a google vs. MS deal and so they don't want to make it an easy one.... but it's a stupid idea since it will just push people to use iPhone, IMO. For now, I've relented to having to clumsily use google sync and the google calendar program to sync between to two. I just hate having middlemen to have to do it.

I use Kies 1.5.3.10093_80. I hear the newer versions are blocked from working with the captivate, but the older version works find for syncing w/outlook on my home system.

Ozark_8125 said:
Running fresh install 2.2 on captivate - I've spent the last several hours trying to find a way to sync the captivate with outlook... and nothing is coming up as a reliable & cheap way. I would have never thought that a modern(ish) phone would have issues syncing with outlook. Never had a problem from the old 8125 up to iphone 3gs... but thought I would check with y'all to see if anything less than $50 has come up that would do the trick. I've tried Kies/MyPhoneExplorer(didn't see outlook calendar data except holidays and recurring events). I don't want to mess with google calendars and I live by the calendars for scheduling business! Any recent developments I should look in to?
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I use Google Calendar Sync and GO Contact Sync Mod. My ISP uses Google Apps for email etc... They were both free and work well.

Skramblr said:
I use Kies 1.5.3.10093_80. I hear the newer versions are blocked from working with the captivate, but the older version works find for syncing w/outlook on my home system.
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Any leads on where to find the old version? I can't find it on Dr. Google...

blutruck said:
I use Google Calendar Sync and GO Contact Sync Mod. My ISP uses Google Apps for email etc... They were both free and work well.
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I use the same apps, to keep contacts and calendar sync. For the E-Mail I just configure in Outlook the Gmail account as IMAP. The only drawback is with the custome field in google that Outlook can't handle.

[Q] s-planner and outlook disappointed

Hi this its my first please go easy. I'm disappointed now with the galaxy note and Android. I need a decent calendar as I record all my work and then search by client to find my history and details and then paste into invoices from outlook on my laptop
Here's the story;
I've had the old HTC windows phones hd2 tytn etc and used stylus then touch synced outlook etc. Then got an iPhone4 to try out. The calendar was poor as it wouldn't let me search far back, found ical app which is brilliant. Now I'm not a fan of apple as its far to restrictive and you have to jailbreak to free it. Then along came the note, brilliant, large screen stylus notes, everything I want. So I've had it month and finally took the plunge to get outlook onto goggle calenear and s planner. What a nightmare, first I have outlook 2002 so finally get appointments to google then synced to phone. thought I'd use google calendar and phone and not outlook. Can't search easily on google calendar and s-planner crashes when searching. I do have a history of 5000 events though going back 5 years, but no problem with iPhone or old windows 6.5.
My conclusion galaxy note brilliant but let down by Android. Also apps are battery draining and data usage restrictions difficult. Now I know why ios will prevail and that is just as disappointing. Sorry for long post.

I can empathize with you. I used to be a happy user of Palm Desktop, which worked 100% as expected. Then I was forced into the Outlook world, which almost worked (through Activesync), but it had its glitches, like suddenly not connecting or producing duplicate entries, which consequently would give me multiple alarms for the same event. Now I am using a Note, with S-Planner and Google calendar and it doesn't seem as solid as Outlook, not to mention Palm Desktop.
Still, Outlook has never been a perfect piece of software and I won't miss it much. If Samsung managed to put together a sensible version of KIES, it would be enough for me.
Alternatively, if you really depend heavily on Outlook, why not try a third party synchronizing software, like Companionlink http://www.companionlink.com/ ?

Trouble is google calendar is to basic for me and has stopped syncing the last 3 months but has all the older events ? even though out is on my s-planner, so i think i need outlook. I do have the 2002 version though which not very compatible.
I don't know why the s planner is force closing when searching.
My key essentials are outlook sync to phone and search.
I would get outlook 2010 if this would help sync as I don't want to go back to iPhone
the iPhone app was weekcal by utilitap which was great.

I also use Outlook 2002 (when I have to), since later versions, especially 2007 and 2010 are even worse than that. They seem to have lots of functions, but these are not well implemented. Even though they seem to work, they are buggy and instead of quietly doing what they're supposed to, produce lots of infamous Outlook secret error codes for you to resolve. I don't have time for this kind of game.
Google calendar misses some functions, but as far as I am concerned, it synchronizes well all the events I put into S-Planner. It looks like there's a problem in your setup. Do you have automatic data synchronization turned on on your Android phone? Do you synchronize while connected to WiFi? Or maybe your data transfer is somehow blocked when on 3G network?

I do have data sync on and sync via wifi. Good point I will change this. May do a hard reset as I am not using as my main phone yet, just trying to get everything stable before I transfer. Shame about all this though as it is a great phone.
Thanks for your help.

This may help re the search crashes in S-Planner - I noticed this as well, immediately after a recent firmware update. Before that, S-Planner search worked fine. I plan to register with Samsung and raise a ticket or ask a question - the more of us that register and complain, the quicker it will be fixed, so I'd encourage you to do the same.

Further to the search crash. It's tied to the Google Calendar (that S-Planner interacts with). Called Samsung New Zealand for support and what a surprise, they didn't even want to talk to me about the problem. Figured it out for myself with the help of a little forum searching - it seemed that that the calendar cache was conflicting with the firmware update. Backed up data, forced the calendar to close from Manage Applications, rebooted, and now the search works fine - I've run about 5 searches and all seems good so far. Re syncing with Outlook - I sync using Kies with Outlook 2007, no problems so far.

Logged a query with samsung and just done a factory reset and now have Kies installed on my PC. It wont sync with outlook 2002 contacts or schedule get message "an error has occurred attempting to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt"
Looking on forums there seems to be a problem with kies or I dont know if it is a problem with outlook 2002. I could upgrade to 2003 (I like the week view of 2002) then the google sync software would work hopefully for the outlook to google calendar? Idealy just want reliable local sync from outlook to Note, just like with my iphone to weekcal (sorry to say the iphones looking like gods gift at the moment).
Hopefully ICS will put all this right.

Simple answer for you - I use outlook for work all day and I sync using myphonexplorer. It does more than just sync, install programs allows you to text via laptop etc. Best of all its free - syncs via wifi or usb or bluetooth. Its nothing short of perfect for my needs. Syncs contacts, notes, diary etc

Same issue for me with ActiveSync.
While I was on GB no matter what application I used the sync never happened. The application just pops a message that the server refused the connections or some thing of the sort. After a few searches I found out that my Org's mail policies are on stricter side and they do not allow syncing on certain androids unless they support encryption. As Samsung has not implemented it, I had to check my mails on webmail.
But looks like even ICS is a disappointment on this front. I flashed an ICS ROM and checked, but no luck on MS EAS

Jorte Calendar?
This maybe not be germane to all your problems, but I struggled with the native Samsung calendar / tasks app to sync properly - especially with the widget view.
I switched to Jorte Calendar. It syncs perfectly AFAICT with Google calendar, has great tasks support and about a million different customisable widget views.
Unfortunately, searching appears to be its Achilles' heel... which I guess for you means its no go.

On the PC end, I have switched to Em Client. All so far is syncing fine. Note, tablet, PC, cloud; calendar & contacts.

Could not get myexplorer app utility to work either. Got duplicates of calendar appointments (total of 5000 appointments twice !)
Restored from back up and now still have no
Appointments , events on my note.
Taking too much of my time up.
Still using iPhone for general day to day.
One thing I have noticed though is how much battery my note has in reserve after getting rid of apps, like battery saver, juice defender etc. Ironic really.
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[Q] What processes needed to get Kies Air to work?

Hello,
I am trying to connect my S4 to home computer/wifi through Kies but when I tap "Kies via Wi-Fi" the screen just greys out after I accept the wifi warning popup.
I think I may have disabled something that Kies requires to work in my efforts to slim down the system.
For example I quarantined all the AT&T apps and Samsung Apps Widget, Samsung Books,Games,Hub,Music,Text-to-speech engine,WatchOn,WatchON Video.

First, make sure you are in the correct forum. This one is for the S4 Active, not the S4.

Miami_Son said:
First, make sure you are in the correct forum. This one is for the S4 Active, not the S4.
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What? Where am I?
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APeter001 said:
Hello,
I am trying to connect my S4 to home computer/wifi through Kies but when I tap "Kies via Wi-Fi" the screen just greys out after I accept the wifi warning popup.
I think I may have disabled something that Kies requires to work in my efforts to slim down the system.
For example I quarantined all the AT&T apps and Samsung Apps Widget, Samsung Books,Games,Hub,Music,Text-to-speech engine,WatchOn,WatchON Video.
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Give air droid a try. It's better than kies.

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First, make sure you are in the correct forum. This one is for the S4 Active, not the S4.
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Did you read my signature. This is an ACTIVE on AT&T, hence the "quarantined AT&T apps"
And I am trying to figure out why THIS app does not work, not find an alternative. I know Kies will sync with my Outlook calendar. I don't know if Air-Droid will or not but I already have Kies installed on my PC and supposedly also on the phone.

APeter001 said:
Did you read my signature. This is an ACTIVE on AT&T, hence the "quarantined AT&T apps"
And I am trying to figure out why THIS app does not work, not find an alternative. I know Kies will sync with my Outlook calendar. I don't know if Air-Droid will or not but I already have Kies installed on my PC and supposedly also on the phone.
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For some reason your sig was not showing when I replied. I sync my Outlook calendar and contacts without ever using Kies. So much easier. Look into Outlook Connector.

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For some reason your sig was not showing when I replied. I sync my Outlook calendar and contacts without ever using Kies. So much easier. Look into Outlook Connector.
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Outlook connector? I know how it connects to various social media but how to sync just with my phone wirelessly?
I'm trying to avoid having to plug the phone into a cable and avoid paying for a 3rd party app.

Outlook Connector has nothing to do with social media. It is a plug-in for Outlook that allows it to sync with any Microsoft Exchange client without ever connecting the phone to a PC. You set up your e-mail account on the phone as an Exchange client and then it can sync with Outlook. You don't have to have a Hotmail account, but it works better with one. I have been using this method for years to sync my Android phones with my Outlook contacts, calendars and tasks. There is a lot of info on the internet on how to do this.

OK well this is interesting, possibly embarassing but I'm not sure...
In Connections/Connect and Share/Kies via Wi-Fi I press that, say OK to wi-fi warning and get screen greyed out.
So I went over to the play store and downloaded the Kies App...
Which works fine.
But the Connections/kies button still does not work. I'm not going to worry about it any more. Thanks for reading my mania..

Miami_Son said:
Outlook Connector has nothing to do with social media. It is a plug-in for Outlook that allows it to sync with any Microsoft Exchange client without ever connecting the phone to a PC. You set up your e-mail account on the phone as an Exchange client and then it can sync with Outlook. You don't have to have a Hotmail account, but it works better with one. I have been using this method for years to sync my Android phones with my Outlook contacts, calendars and tasks. There is a lot of info on the internet on how to do this.
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I must be confusing Outlook SOCIAL connector... Anyway I don't have an Exchange account. I'm on the "free" band wagon as much as possible.

APeter001 said:
I must be confusing Outlook SOCIAL connector... Anyway I don't have an Exchange account. I'm on the "free" band wagon as much as possible.
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You don't need an Exchange account, you just need to install the free Outlook Connector on the PC you have Outlook on with your calendar and contacts. When you setup the e-mail account on your phone do so as a Microsoft Exchange account, not standard POP3 or anything else. The plug-in is free and there's nothing to buy other than Outlook.
Here's one link with lots of info on how to do this.
http://androidforums.com/android-ap...id-without-3rd-party-app-exchange-server.html

Moved to S4 ACTIVE forums

Getting Kies to work takes an act of Congress, the sun/moon/Earth/Jupiter and Pluto have to be in alignment during a transit of Venus and you also need exactly $765432.10 in your BofA checking account on Black Friday the 13th. Once all that's set, touch your nose with your right ring finger and do a keyboard combo of command+tab+2+3+6 and hit the enter key with your right elbow to click on the 'connect' button in Kies (making sure you don't hit the shift key on accident).
Or you just find a better alternative. Kies is garbage and works less then half the time (if you're lucky). I've tried it on Mac OSX, Windows 7 and 8 and 3 different Samsung phones (2 S4As and a Rugby Smart). It's never worked properly for me so I gave up, froze it all and uninstalled it from all my machines. I think it's been the same experience for most people as well, unfortunately.